Binder attachment.



No. 788,299. PATENTED APR. 25, 1905.

. A. WILLIAMS.

BINDER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24. 1905.

WITNESSES: l/VVE/VTO/f ,09 25621? fiLllmm-s I 9 ATTORNEYS Patented April 25, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT WILLIAMS, OF JOLIET, MONTANA.

BINDER ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,299, dated April 25, 1905. Application filed February 24, 1905. Serial No. 24:7,123.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of J oliet, in the county of Carbon and State of Montana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Binder Attachments, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in selfbinding harvesters, being in the nature of a seed-saving attachment by which to collect grain and grass-seed which are ordinarily wasted off the deck of a binder; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of a binder provided with my improvement, and Fig. 2 isa detail perspective view of the seedbox detached.

As shown in Fig. 1, the deck A, binder frame, needle B, and other parts of the binder proper may be of any suitable construction. At the lower edge of the deck A and in position to receive grain, grass, or other seedsdischarged on the said deck is arranged the box C in the nature of a long trough extending along the edgeof the deck, as will be understood from the drawings, and held in place by means of bolts passed through the flange C at the upper inner edge of the box and thence through the deck, braces (J being provided to reinforce said flange C, a strut-brace 0 extending inwardly from the lower edge of the box at about its middle and upwardly and secured at C" to the binder-frame for bracing the box securely in position. The box is also provided near its middle with the cross-braces C and at one end is the sliding gate C, which may be raised to facilitate the removal of the contents of the box into the sacks or other receptacles whenever desired. The box is provided in its inner edge at its upper side with a notch C and the flange C is cut away adjacent to said notch, the latter being provided to receive the trip D, (see Fig. 1,) which drops into the notch while the bundle or sheaf is being discharged from the binder.

My invention is of special importance in saving grain and grass-seeds that are shelled in the process of harvesting and ordinarily entirely wasted, the-box being so arranged as to receive the said seeds as they discharge from the table, and the binder-table A being inclined downwardly toward said box to discharge the seeds thereto, as will be understood from Fig. 1 of the drawings.

I have illustrated the invention as applied to a right-hand-cut machine; but it will be understood that it will simply have to be reversed in adapting it to left-hand-cut machines, the oonstruction and operation being substantially the same in both instances.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the binder-deck inclined downwardly toward its outer edge, the

binding devices and the trip, and the box provided at its upper edge with an inwardly-projectingflange secured beneath the binder-deck at the lower edge of the latter, the said box being also provided in its upper edge at its inner side with a notch adapted to receive the trip while the bundle or sheaf is being discharged from the binder, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the binder-deck, the box having an end gate or door, crossbraces extending over the top of the box, flanges at the upper inner edge of the box and arranged to underlie the binder-deck, means securing the flanges to the deck, the box being notched in its upper edge to receive the trip, and means for bracing the box from the binder-frame, substantially as set forth.

ALBERT WILLIAMS. Witnesses BEN WV. METHENY, BISHOP Hones. 

